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Styles and Formatting - Lists
Hi,
[Using Word 2003] I am learning (probably the hard way) how to reformat entire documents using styles and templates. I have been referring to an excellent help website (word.mvps.org) - but am stuck on how to create a different last line style for lists -so that there is more space underneath the last bullet point of the list than the other points. Should I just set up a new style for that last bullet point? This seems very cumbersome. Is there a way to say: MODIFY STYLEPARAGRAPHSpacing Befo 0, Spacing After: 0 for the regular bulleted items in the list BUT Spacing Befo 0, Spacing After: 10 for the last item in the list? Sorry if this makes no sense at all - I am trying to cope with all the new vocab! Many thanks, Becca |
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I think it's easier to keep the list formatting constant, and vary the style
of the preceding and following paragraphs (eg Normal_BeforeList and Normal_AfterList, with extra space below/above respectively). Works better for me, anyway, because I have quite a few different bullet and number list styles, but I need only one pair of before/after normal styles for all of them. "Becca" wrote in message ... Hi, [Using Word 2003] I am learning (probably the hard way) how to reformat entire documents using styles and templates. I have been referring to an excellent help website (word.mvps.org) - but am stuck on how to create a different last line style for lists -so that there is more space underneath the last bullet point of the list than the other points. Should I just set up a new style for that last bullet point? This seems very cumbersome. Is there a way to say: MODIFY STYLEPARAGRAPHSpacing Befo 0, Spacing After: 0 for the regular bulleted items in the list BUT Spacing Befo 0, Spacing After: 10 for the last item in the list? Sorry if this makes no sense at all - I am trying to cope with all the new vocab! Many thanks, Becca |
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You can also, in recent versions of Word suppress space between paragraphs
in the same style. Or use HTML paragraph spacing. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... I think it's easier to keep the list formatting constant, and vary the style of the preceding and following paragraphs (eg Normal_BeforeList and Normal_AfterList, with extra space below/above respectively). Works better for me, anyway, because I have quite a few different bullet and number list styles, but I need only one pair of before/after normal styles for all of them. "Becca" wrote in message ... Hi, [Using Word 2003] I am learning (probably the hard way) how to reformat entire documents using styles and templates. I have been referring to an excellent help website (word.mvps.org) - but am stuck on how to create a different last line style for lists -so that there is more space underneath the last bullet point of the list than the other points. Should I just set up a new style for that last bullet point? This seems very cumbersome. Is there a way to say: MODIFY STYLEPARAGRAPHSpacing Befo 0, Spacing After: 0 for the regular bulleted items in the list BUT Spacing Befo 0, Spacing After: 10 for the last item in the list? Sorry if this makes no sense at all - I am trying to cope with all the new vocab! Many thanks, Becca |
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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 04:16:28 GMT, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
You can also, in recent versions of Word suppress space between paragraphs in the same style. Or use HTML paragraph spacing. Would you say a word or three more on both those approaches, please? -- JN jbn 'won'oh'won'six'won' at fastmail.fm Remove spaces, and substitute digits for the words between " ' " |
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I haven't used either of these techniques myself, so you would have to
experiment with them. 1. HTML paragraph spacing is enabled by default in Word 2000 and above. This means that Word combines Space After and Space Before between paragraphs, using whichever is the larger amount rather than adding them together. For example, if you have 6 pts Space After on a paragraph followed by a paragraph with 12 pts Space Before, you'll get just 12 pts instead of 18. This takes some getting used to; I'm convinced if I would bend my mind to it I would find it useful, but so far I haven't taken the time to figure it out. 2. In Word 2002 and above (I think), there is a check box in the Format Paragraph dialog labeled "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style." So you can give your list style, say, 6 pts Space After, enable this option, and have no space after any paragraph but the last in a list. I find this pretty unsatisfactory because what I really want is *some* space between the paragraphs but more after the last one, so I usually add Space Before to the following paragraph style. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joseph N." wrote in message ... On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 04:16:28 GMT, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: You can also, in recent versions of Word suppress space between paragraphs in the same style. Or use HTML paragraph spacing. Would you say a word or three more on both those approaches, please? -- JN jbn 'won'oh'won'six'won' at fastmail.fm Remove spaces, and substitute digits for the words between " ' " |
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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:21:11 GMT, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
This takes some getting used to; I'm convinced if I would bend my mind to it I would find it useful, but so far I haven't taken the time to figure it out. I didn't know that feature was called HTML para. spacing. I'm aware of it and think it's a pretty great idea. I generally use Lotus Word Pro, and although I think in many ways LWP has the edge over Word, I've found this HTML paragraph spacing to be one of the items in Word that I prefer. It does seem like there should be some middle spacing alternative with lists. I've struggled with it myself, and have always just applied direct formatting to the final list paragraph. I like the alternative suggested here, though, of having a specific style for the first following paragraph, with Space Above defined. Thanks for the explanations. (And thanks to you and to the other regular contributors here for always being so speedy and helpful.) -- JN jbn 'won'oh'won'six'won' at fastmail.fm Remove spaces, and substitute digits for the words between " ' " |
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